Employer contest a four-item serious citation with a fine of $11,934. The serious citation includes the alleged violation of 29 C.F.R. 1926.451(c)(2)(ii), for failure to use stable objects to support scaffolds or platform units; 29 C.F.R. 1926.451(g)(1), for failure to protect each employee on scaffolds more than 10 feet above a lower level from falling to the lower level and; 29 C.F.R. 1926.452(c)(2), for failure to ensure that tubular welded frame scaffolds were properly braced to secure vertical members laterally and to align them so that the erected scaffold was plumb, square and rigid. (No. 19-1354)
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